A vivarium is an enclosure for raising flora and/or fauna for study, observation or aesthetic purposes. It’s from the Latin, meaning roughly enclosure of life.
I was familiar with the aquatic and terrestrial varieties, aquaria and terraria respectively, but there are 2 other types that were new to me:
An insectarium is a vivarium for keeping insects.
A paludarium is a vivarium with mixed land and water environment, simulating a marsh, bog, swamp, stream or beach. From the Latin, palus, meaning swamp.
(Source: Wikipedia)
